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Traditional wrestling2009 games in Tahoua, Niger

This video is the first part of a summary of a day of the 30th edition of the traditional wrestling games in Tahoua, Niger. The pictures were shot on 5 March 2009 and broadcasted by bonferey.tv. This video is a nice illustration of the activities around the fights (first shots) and of some fights. The second part of the introduction video can be seen here.

A complete list of finalist is given here.

Other videos give a nice illustration of the activities around the fights and of some fights on a regular day.  Information about the fights before the day of final can be found here (preliminary fights).

 
Tahoua 2009 final

Tahoua 2009 intro 1

Tahoua 2009 intro 2
 
         
 
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